Slender weasel shark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Hemigaleidae |
Genus: | Paragaleus |
Species: | P. randalli |
Binomial name | |
Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & K. E. Carpenter, 1996 |
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The slender weasel shark, Paragaleus randalli, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the western Indian Ocean, off Bahrain. Its length is up to 48 cm.
The slender weasel shark is a harmless Viviparous species, about which little is known.